Fall Foliage in Scandinavia

We are planning now for a fall 2011 trip to Norway and Sweden. Are there good sites there for New England-style fall foliage? My mom always says New England and the Great Lakes area in the US are the only places in the world to have beautiful fall leaves. I'd love to bring some pics home to prove her wrong!

Others may have more localized news but by my experience fall in Scandinavia is often unfortunately wet. Not at all like crisp mornings and sunny days I remember from hunting season (mid-Sept to mid-Nov) in the upper midwest and eastern seaboard.
Without sunshine the colors are not as vibrant, the visibility is less and the fall leaves are more a soggy mass than a crackling pile of something that could actually blow away or be jumped into.

It's all about the amount of sunshine, the amount of rain, and the kind of trees. The Scandinavian countries and much of the UK are too far north- their days get shorter sooner so the colors are not as vibrant.

Up close, the colors right now in this part of Germany are brilliant... but as others have noted, the atmospheric conditions don't favor the sort of vistas you get in New England. There's just too much moisture in the air, and the sun isn't as high in the sky.

There are fabulous fall colors in Lapland. It's not just the trees but the shrubs, lichen, almost everything goes to reds with some golds, green, white & more. See: http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/photogalleries/ig/Fall-Foliage-in-Scandinavia/
It's hard to get the timing right though as the colors are at their best for just a few weeks. Sometime in Sept. usually -contact someone more local or specialized.